This document provides information for parents and caregivers about child sexual exploitation. It defines child sexual exploitation as the manipulation or coercion of children under 18 into sexual acts in exchange for gifts, money, status, drugs or basic needs. It notes that child sexual exploitation can happen anywhere and to any child. Common ways children are groomed include being befriended, gaining trust, isolating from friends and family, and taking control. Warning signs parents should watch for include unexplained gifts, changes in behavior, missing school or home, and signs of drug or alcohol use. The document advises parents to familiarize themselves with warning signs, keep open lines of communication, and report any suspicious behavior to the authorities.
Sexual Abuse is a heinous crime and when it comes to a child being sexually abused the gravity of degradation cannot be calculated. This slide contains excerpts taken from various websites
Research Goals and Objectives
To identify the current polices and practices of the criminal justice system and child protection system in the country to respond to child sexual abuse; and
To assess the institutional capacities currently available to protect children from sexual abuse
Sexual Abuse is a heinous crime and when it comes to a child being sexually abused the gravity of degradation cannot be calculated. This slide contains excerpts taken from various websites
Research Goals and Objectives
To identify the current polices and practices of the criminal justice system and child protection system in the country to respond to child sexual abuse; and
To assess the institutional capacities currently available to protect children from sexual abuse
Children and women, college bound and overall as a gender are the most vulnerable members of our societies to sexual abuse. Here are some important guidelines that we should inculcate in our children to help protect them.
Children's interpretation of the abuse, whether or not they disclose the experience, and how quickly they report it also affects the short- and long-term consequences. Children who are able to confide in a trusted adult and who are believed experience less trauma than children who do not disclose the abuse. Furthermore, children who disclose the abuse soon after its occurrence may be less traumatized than those children who live with the secret for years.
I believe that Learning the facts about childhood sexual abuse helps to prevent it.
Talking about it helps to prevent it.
Getting involved helps to prevent it.
Pratima Nayak
Me being a rape victim myself I feel that I can help those who haven't received that help. Please if you need someone to vent to I'm always here! v.lapoint@outlook.com
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The term child abuse is very familiar. You might have heard about it or at least have understood it. Child abuse refers to a situation where a parent or a caregiver causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child through action or because of failure to act to protect the child. Child abuse can come in various forms such as neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation and emotional abuse. - http://cbelaw.com/
Children and women, college bound and overall as a gender are the most vulnerable members of our societies to sexual abuse. Here are some important guidelines that we should inculcate in our children to help protect them.
Children's interpretation of the abuse, whether or not they disclose the experience, and how quickly they report it also affects the short- and long-term consequences. Children who are able to confide in a trusted adult and who are believed experience less trauma than children who do not disclose the abuse. Furthermore, children who disclose the abuse soon after its occurrence may be less traumatized than those children who live with the secret for years.
I believe that Learning the facts about childhood sexual abuse helps to prevent it.
Talking about it helps to prevent it.
Getting involved helps to prevent it.
Pratima Nayak
Me being a rape victim myself I feel that I can help those who haven't received that help. Please if you need someone to vent to I'm always here! v.lapoint@outlook.com
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Using the legal system to protect your child from abuse can be complicated. You also have to understand and follow specific procedural requirements if the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) has become involved in your family life as a result of abuse allegations. Learn more about child abuse in Arizone in this presentation.
The term child abuse is very familiar. You might have heard about it or at least have understood it. Child abuse refers to a situation where a parent or a caregiver causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child through action or because of failure to act to protect the child. Child abuse can come in various forms such as neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation and emotional abuse. - http://cbelaw.com/
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4. “Child sexual exploitation”
So what does that actually mean?
A type of sexual abuse
Manipulation or force of young people (under 18)
into sexual activity
Money, gifts,
accommodation,
affection, status, food,
drugs or alcohol may be
freely given to the child
but then they will be
expected to engage in
sexual activities in return.
5. Does it happen in the West Midlands?
It can happen anywhere
to any young person,
boy or girl
It is not the victim’s or their family’s
fault and they are not to blame.
It involves serious crimes.
6.
7. How do children get involved?
They are often
‘groomed’ as
part of a
powerful
process.
8. The abuser:
befriends the child
gains their trust
makes them feel they are in a loving
relationship or friendship
distances them from family & friends
takes total control over them
The young person probably won’t
recognise that they are being
abused. At times,their initial
introduction may be through a
friend or someone of their own age.
How do children get involved?
9. How does it happen?
Boyfriend /
Girlfriend
Party
FriendsStreetOnline
Groups/
Gangs
11. Who are the abusers?
A Children's Commissioner's study found that:
72% of abusers were male
10% of abusers were female
in 18% of cases gender wasn't disclosed
The evidence indicated that the age range of
abusers was from 12 to 75 years.
Where the ethnic group was recorded, the
majority of perpetrators were White and the
second largest group were Asian.
12. What would make
a child more vulnerable?
Lack of confidence and feeling they don’t fit in
Being bullied
Learning disabilities
Few friends of the same age
Mixing with other young people who are being
sexually exploited
Confusion about whether they are gay/straight or
bisexual
Involvement in gangs
Difficulties at home
Bereavement
13. Missing from school and a drop in school marks
Missing from home/coming home late/staying out
all night
Warning Signs
Going out with older men/women
Coming home drunk or showing
signs of drug use
Getting into trouble with the police
Secretive behaviour and mixing
with different friends
14. Receiving frequent mobile calls and messages
at all times of the day and night
Warning Signs
Having unexplained gifts such as
new mobiles, money or clothes
Physical injuries they try to hide
Looking tired and unwell and
sleeping unusual hours
Change in character, appearance
and adopting a new street
language
15. So what can I do to help?
Familiarise yourself with the warning signs
Talk to your child about what makes a healthy
relationship
Keep up to date
with technology
and show an
interest in what
they do online
Be alert to sudden
changes in
behaviour or
appearance
16. So what can I do to help?
Be aware of:
who their friends are
Where they acquired unexplained gifts or
possessions
mobile phones are a key tool in sexual
exploitation
If they come home under the influence of alcohol,
think about where they got it from.
Talk to your child’s teacher or school safeguarding
officer if you feel something is wrong.
If you see anything really suspicious
report it.
17. Advise them to:
Keep their passwords private
Not accept friend requests from people
they don’t know
Keep their profile private or ‘friends only’
Be careful about what photos they
post/share of themselves or others
Advice for parents on e-safety:
• www.ceop.gov.uk
• www.iwf.org.uk
• www.internetmatters.org
How can I keep my child
safe online?
19. What do I do if I have concerns?
Contact Social Care
During Office hours: MASH 0121 788 4330
Emergency Duty team (out of hours): 0121 605 6060
Contact Police
For urgent action: 999
Central Referral Unit: 03451135000
Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111.
To report a crime: 101
Talk to someone at the school
20. What do I do if I have concerns?
Solihull has a CSE Team on hand to provide advice and
guidance if you are concerned about a child or young
person who is at risk of, or experiencing CSE. They can
provide a variety of support from suggesting resources to
use with a young person, assisting with CSE procedures
and contributing to meetings.
You can contact the CSE Team on: 0121 709 7000
CSE Team
Angela James – CSE Coordinator
Hannah Lemming – CSE Team Leader
Lynette Reid – CSE Officer
Natasha Mason – CSE Officer
21. These materials have been developed by Pace for the
provision of community briefings in Leeds by trained
presenters. Material may be modified by presenters to
suit their local audience and as such Pace does not
warrant the accuracy or validity of this information.
Images are used under a creative commons license by
Eddy Van 3000, Garry Knight, TheRealMStyles, Ricky Cain
& Jamie Hogue
Pace works alongside parents and carers of
children who are – or are at risk of being –
sexually exploited by perpetrators external to
the family. We offer guidance and training to
professionals on how child sexual exploitation
affects the whole family.
www.paceuk.info
0113 240 3040
info@paceuk.info
Thank you for
coming!
Editor's Notes
Introduce yourself and colleagues include job title, from Early Help at SMBC.
Welcome everybody to our briefing on CSE. The information that we are going to share with you today was produced by an organisation called PACE (Parents Against Child Sexual Exploitation) and is intended to provide you with a greater understanding of CSE. The session will last approximately 45 mins to an hour.
Pace was founded by Irene Ivison and a number of supporting parents in 1996 after Irene’s 17 year old daughter Fiona, was groomed, sexually exploited and then coerced into prostitution by a known perpetrator. Three weeks after she was forced into prostitution, Fiona was murdered by a client.
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Our last one is sensitivity – please be aware that this subject can be emotive and for a number of reasons can strike a chord with you. As a result if anyone needs to leave the room at any time then please do so.
Just a couple of questions for you….
Can you raise your hand if you have taught your child about road safety?
Have you talked to your child about stranger danger?
Have you talked to your child about CSE?
CSE is another issue that parents need to be aware of and able to talk to their children about, because every year thousands of children are forced into CSE. You may of heard about it in the news in recent times as there have been a lot of cases in the media, such as the big case in Rotherham where an independent report found that at least 1,400 children were sexually exploited by gangs of men between 1997 and 2013.
During this briefing session were going to help you know more about what CSE is, how it happens, what makes a child vulnerable and also what to do if you think your child might be at risk of this abuse. If any one would like to discuss any of the information after the session then please come and speak to one of us.
Question to the parents:
So, what does this mean to you?
(Let the parents respond)
Read slide
Some regional Statistics…….
488 children or young people were identified by West Midlands police and local authorities as sexually exploited or at risk of sexual exploitation across the West Midlands in the first six months of 2014
Victims of CSE were not typically resident in areas of high crime, deprivation and unemployment. They are often from within social networks which are targeted by networks of offenders
There is often the misconception that most victims come from Local Authority Care or broken homes. However, 3/4 of the victims were from stable homes/backgrounds.
Please remember that CSE happens to both girls and boys. There is an organisation called BLAST which is the Uks leading male only CSE service working solely with boys or young men who have been victims of or at risk of sexual exploitation. Following is a short video put together by BLAST.
BLAST Video….
After seeing this video has anyone got any thoughts?
Question?
Does everyone understand what the term groomed means?
(wait for responses)
Grooming is when someone builds an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purposes of sexual abuse or exploitation. This grooming can happen over a long period of time. There have been some cases where more than a year has passed before the abuse starts.
Groomers build this emotional connection by:
Pretending to be someone they are not, for example saying they are the same age online
Offering advice or understanding
Buying gifts
Giving the child attention
Using their professional position or reputation
Taking them on trips, outings or holidays
Read the slide and add in the following statistics:
The peak age of a child/ young person experiencing CSE and/or at risk of CSE is between the ages of 14 and 16.
Victims come from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds.
(Info in case the parents ask - 54% were white European, 19% African-Caribbean, 8% Asian, 19% other)
This slide shows the different ways that grooming can take place.
Online –
Abusers will often pose as a young person to build relationships with young people online
Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are means by which young people stay in contact with friends. They will often add people as friends who they don’t know, or share photos of themselves some of which may be inappropriate.
Abusers will often encourage young people to do things for them online and blackmail them in continuing to share images and personal information by threatening to show these to family and friends. (In July 2013 17 year old Daniel Perry threw himself of the fourth road bridge because he was being blackmailed after being filmed performing sexual acts.)
Street – Young people can be approached by abusers whilst on the streets out with friends. They could be approached anytime anywhere whilst out and about in their communities
Friends – people of their own age or people they may see as friends. This type of exploitation has become much more common recently. Often blackmail and coercion is used. It could start by a person threatening to distribute a photo of them around, if they don’t have sex with them and their friends.
Boyfriend/Girlfriend – A person usually older than the child grooms them into thinking that they are in a loving relationship. The sole aim is to drive a wedge between the child and parents so that they can have control over them. The abuser will manipulate them into have sex with other abusers. The child feels trapped and unable to find a way out of this situation.
Party – Young people are befriended by abusers and encouraged to attend parties at flats, houses, hotels etc. Drugs and alcohol flow freely at these parties in order to lower their resistance, sexual exploitation becomes a normal occurrence and once this happens they feel trapped. Children might in fact feel they are victims however, because of the grooming process they find it hard to ask for help.
Groups/Gangs – Young people are used to recruit other young people by older abusers. Sometimes the older abusers were exploited themselves and find that if they recruit other young people, the abuse stops for them. They could be recruited at school by someone they know and taken to parties or other places where exploitation takes place. In some areas gangs and people are exploited within the gangs as part of their initiation and continued membership of the gang.
Ask the question to parents……When you think of a perpetrator of child sexual exploitation what come to mind?
Perpetrators of child sexual exploitation come from all ages and backgrounds and from both sexes, although the majority are men. Children may be sexually exploited by an individual, or by a group of people connected through formal networks (i.e. through trade, business or other community networks) or more informal friendship groups. Children are also sexually exploited by gangs with criminal associations. In these cases, the gang may benefit financially from the sexual exploitation.
Trainer to talk through the list on the screen but always reiterate that parents know their children the best.
Trainer to say:
Just to be clear these factors could make a child more vulnerable to CSE, it is important to keep these in mind when focusing on the warning signs which we will cover next in the following two slides.
These are some of the warning signs, it doesn’t necessarily mean that if these signs are evident that a child is being sexually exploited.
Talk through each bullet point:
Talk through the each bullet point.
Mention to parents that:
Warning signs are hard to distinguish as many of them are signs of normal teenager behaviour however, if you have a feeling that something is wrong then you need to talk to someone.
You as parents know when something isn't right, so I would say go with your gut feeling.
Warning Signs: Read Slide
By attending this raising awareness session you have already helped as you now have more awareness of what CSE is and what the warning signs are
Healthy Relationships: Read Slide
When talking to you child think about healthy relationships you may wish to mention the importance of respecting and valuing their own and other peoples bodies. About boundaries in relationships, what is acceptable, what is normal what isn't. We understand that it can be difficult raising these issues with your child, but you are the experts when it comes to your children and you will know the best time and place to have these discussions.
Online safety: Read slide
Information on online safety will be available at the end of the session.
Behaviour: Read slide
As parents you are the best placed to recognise any changes in your child's behaviour.
Aware: Read Slide
Alcohol: Read Slide
As mentioned before the side effects from drugs are different to those of alcohol and leaflets on drug misuse will be available at the end of the session.
If you think you see something suspicious happening to a child then please be active as its best to have gotten it wrong than to ignore it.
Read the slide
CEOP – the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre works across the UK tackling child sex abuse where the child has been approached online. It provides adviuce for parents, young people and children.
IWF UK is a hotline for reporting criminal online content (e.g. child actually having shared an image or being videoed and this material apearing somewhere on the internet ofr public veiw.
Internet Matters was launched recently and has lots of clear advice for parents.
All the information about the websites is on a handout for you after the session.
Next we are going to watch a video called Parents Voices and it features parents whose children were sexually exploited. It was made by P.A.C.E and West Yorkshire Police.
Play the video….
Ask parents what they thought about the video and if anything struck them particularly.
So if you have any concerns
As mentioned at the beginning this presentation was put together by PACE and they are a national organisation that supports parents and carers whose children are at risk or are being sexually exploited. There is a phone number for parents to ring for advice and also their website which has lots of useful information.
Also on their website is an online learning resource which is free and you may like to look at for more understanding around the subject.
Has any one got any questions??
Thank everyone for coming and ask them to fill out the evaluation.